Save the Tigers!

I find it sad that in this day and age we still want fur so much that we would risk completely wiping all the tiger species off the face of the earth. Illegal poaching is a huge problem threatening the lives of all tigers. Unfortunately, because of the illegal poaching and people encroaching on the tigers land, there are now only an estimated 3,200 tigers left in the wild according to the World Wildlife Fund.

In fact, the Wild tiger population has decreased by about 95% over the past 100 years and because of all the development in Asia, tigers now only have 40% of the land they once had to roam free on. Most of them now live in captivity, which although does some good to help rebuild the population size, that is no way for a tiger to live.

So to all you animal lovers out there like me, this is an issue that needs to be brought to the attention of politicians everywhere. There needs to be harsher restrictions and punishments for those who poach illegally. If we want this majestic, beautiful animal around for much longer, we need to take action now. One of the big steps regular people can take is adopting a tiger or donate to a great organization like the WWF.

Here is the link to the WWF website if you are interested in helping: http://www.worldwildlife.org